The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.
ELA5LSV2a
Demonstrates an awareness of the presence of the media in the daily lives of most people.
II. Selection
ELA5R2
The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.
ELA5R3g
Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).
III. Utilization
ELA5R1a
Identifies and analyzes the elements of setting, characterization, and conflict in plot.
ELA5R1b
Identifies and analyzes the structural elements particular to dramatic literature (e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in the plays read, viewed, written, and performed.
ELA5R1e
Identifies imagery, figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole), rhythm, or flow when responding to literature.
ELA5R1f
Identifies and analyzes the author’s use of dialogue and description.
ELA5R1i
Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and supports them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text.
ELA5R1j
Identifies similarities and differences between the characters or events and theme in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life.
ELA5R1a(2)
Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions.
ELA5R1b(2)
Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual features (e.g., paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary).
ELA5R1c(2)
Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, captions, and illustrations).
ELA5R1e(2)
Distinguishes cause from effect in context.
ELA5R1f(2)
Identifies and analyzes main ideas, supporting ideas, and supporting details.
ELA5R3d
Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses.
ELA5W3a
Acknowledges information from sources.
ELA5W3c
Uses various reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers) as aids to writing.
ELA5W3d
Uses the features of texts (e.g., index, table of contents, guide words, alphabetical/ numerical order) to obtain and organize information and thoughts.
ELA5W3g
Uses a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings.
ELA5LSV2b
Evaluates the role of the media in focusing attention and in forming an opinion.
ELA5LSV2c
Judges the extent to which media provide a source of entertainment as well as a source of information.
IV. Production
ELA5R3a
Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language.
ELA5W3a
Acknowledges information from sources.
ELA5W3e
Demonstrates basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology (e.g., software, memory, disk drive, hard drive).
ELA5W3f
Creates simple documents by using electronic media and employing organizational features (e.g., passwords, entry and pull-down menus, word searches, thesaurus, spell check).
ELA5LSV2f
Uses technology or other memory aids to structure the presentation.
V. Literary Appreciation
ELA5R1c
Identifies and analyzes the similarities and differences between a narrative text and its film or play version.
ELA5R1d
Relates a literary work to information about its setting (historically or culturally).
ELA5R1g
Applies knowledge of the concept that theme refers to the message about life and the world that the author wants us to understand whether implied or stated.
ELA5R1h
Responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in order to uncover meaning in poetry.
equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should
include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as
well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading
should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary
forms and from at least five different writers.
most people.
equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should
include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as
well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading
should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary
forms and from at least five different writers.
(e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in the plays read, viewed,
written, and performed.
hyperbole), rhythm, or flow when responding to literature.
them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text.
theme in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life.
topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary).
diagrams, captions, and illustrations).
speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses.
information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers) as aids to writing.
numerical order) to obtain and organize information and thoughts.
opinion.
as a source of information.
software, memory, disk drive, hard drive).
features (e.g., passwords, entry and pull-down menus, word searches, thesaurus, spell
check).
and its film or play version.
world that the author wants us to understand whether implied or stated.
in order to uncover meaning in poetry.